† ˈscorkle, v. Obs. rare.
[? Altered form of prec.]
trans. To scorch.
| c 1374 Chaucer Boeth. ii. met. vi. (Camb. MS.) (1886) 43 And ek nero gouernede alle þe poeples þat the vyolent wynd nothus scorklith [Addit. MS. scorchiþ; orig. has torret], and bakyth the brennyng sandes by hys drye hete. c 1440 Promp. Parv. 450/1 Scorklyd, ustillatus. Scorkelyn, ustulo. Scorklynge [v.r. Scorkelyng], ustillacio. |